insights penetrate the experient, each conveying Total Understanding at depths far beyond simple knowledge: This is the eternal state of affairs. There is nothing more to do. There is nothing whatsoever to fear." Austin writes that when his former subjective self was no longer there to form biased interpretations this experience conveyed the impression of "objective reality." As a neurologist, he interpreted this experience not as proof of a reality beyond the comprehension of our senses but as arising from the brain itself. This and other experiences and research led him to write Zen and the Brain. Bibliography AUSTIN James H., 2020 "Zen and the Brain: The James H. Austin Omnibus Edition,on Nook at https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/zen-and-the-brain-james-h-austin-md/1129374916 (Meditating Selflessly, Zen-Brain Horizons, and Living Zen Remindfully published by MIT Press 8/02/2018). AUSTIN James H., 2019 Living Zen Remindfully audiobook. MIT Press. AUSTIN James H., 2016 Living Zen Remindfully: Retraining Subconscious Awareness. MIT Press. AUSTIN James H., 2014 Zen-Brain Horizons: Toward a Living Zen. MIT Press. AUSTIN James H., 2011 Meditating Selflessly: Practical Neural Zen. MIT Press. AUSTIN James H., 2009 Selfless Insight: Zen and the Meditative Transformations of Consciousness. MIT Press. AUSTIN James H., 2006 Zen-Brain Reflections: Reviewing Recent Developments in Meditation and States of Consciousness. MIT Press. AUSTIN James H., 1998 Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness. MIT Press. AUSTIN James H., 1978 Chase, Chance and Creativity: The Lucky Art of Novelty. The MIT Press, 2003, 245 pp., $18.95, paperback. . Notes and references Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurolog. Studies in Globoid (Krabbe) Leukodystrophy: III—Significance of Experimentally-Produced Globoid-Like Elements in Rat White Matter and Spleen https://academic.oup.com/jnen/article-abstract/24/2/265/2612255 External links Austin's website Interview with Austin by MIT Press Michael Haederle. This is Your Brain on Zen. Tricycle 19 (1) 58-61; 113-214, Fall 2009. Richard Boyle. Realizing Awakened Consciousness,2015. Appendix pages 293-302. Interview with Neuroscientist James Austin. Book Review. Chase, Chance and Creativity: The Lucky Art of Novelty.https://academic.oup.com/clinchem/article/50/10/1885/5640115 American neuroscientists American Buddhists Zen Buddhism writers University of Oregon faculty University of Colorado faculty University of Florida faculty Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Neurotheology American Zen Buddhists